The development team's love for Harry Potter is apparent in every aspect of Hogwarts Legacy, but shines most brightly in the world and its characters. It's an absorbing narrative that expands this universe's lore nicely, especially when it hints at events further back in the timeline, but sometimes fades into the background amidst all the game's other distractions. Your education is occasionally interrupted by the main story, which focuses on your connection to mysterious ancient magic and a sinister dark wizard in league with the intense leader of a goblin rebellion - these baddies sport the excellent names of Victor Rookwood and Ranrok, respectively. Though teachers mention house points in some classes, you won't actually be competing for them in the game. The house you end up in doesn't seem to change much beyond the common room, your uniform and some throwaway lines.
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You also get sorted into a Hogwarts house (Slytherin FTW), based on a series of questions you'll answer shortly after arriving at the school, but you can have a do-over if the initial selection isn't to your liking.Ĭhoosing your wand is an awesome moment, and you can customize it throughout the game. Then you'll pick and alter your wand (don't worry, the one you start the game with is a loaner) and broom. You can choose your character's gender and appearance. The customization options are a key element in living out your wizarding world fantasy, and they're a joy. That's presumably because having a wide-eyed first year, just 11 years old, explore dangerous caves, learn dangerous spells and battle dark wizards would feel kinda weird. After creating your character, you're whisked off on a brief opening adventure before reaching the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Įven though you're a new student, you're starting your magical career a little late and enroll as a fifth year.
The game sidesteps the narrative restrictions of Harry's story by jumping way back in the timeline, to the 1890s.
Having played the PS5 version for 12 hours, it captures the wonder of the early books, with an intriguing original narrative, engagingly varied gameplay and intricately designed world to explore. This open-world action RPG game, developed by Avalanche Software, is designed to let us live out our fantasies of enrolling at the iconic School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a new student.
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Most of that baggage fell away as soon as I started Hogwarts Legacy, which hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Series S and PC on Friday (it arrives on other consoles in the coming months).
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